Vicente Brun

{{short description|Brazilian sailor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}} '''Vicente "Vince" d'Avila Melo Brun''' (born April 14, 1947) is a Brazilian-American Olympic sailor and sail maker that competed in the Soling class at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics. 1976, he finished 10th together with his brother [[Gastão Brun]] and [[Andreas Wengert]], and in 1980 he finished 6th together with his brother and [[Roberto Luiz Souza]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sailing.org/biog.php?memberid=115699&isafid=BRAVD4|title = Sailor Biography}}</ref> He also won three [[Soling World Championship]] (1978, 1981, 1983) and the 1986 [[Star World Championship]] and participated in the [[Stars & Stripes (yacht)|Stars & Stripes]] [[America's Cup]] campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sailingworld.com/racing/vince-brun|title=Vince Brun|date=June 16, 2004 }}</ref> Brun moved to the United States in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sailingworld.com/racing/hall-fame-interview-vince-brun|title = Hall of Fame Interview: Vince Brun}}</ref>

Brun was inducted into the [[National Sailing Hall of Fame]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nshof.org/inductees/brun-vincent/|title=Vincent d'Avila Melo Brun 2018 Inductee |publisher=Nshof.org |access-date=April 11, 2020}}</ref>

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